Dec 5 -- The National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA, invites comments by February 5, 2024 regarding the extension of the Milk and Milk Products Surveys.
The Milk and Milk Products Surveys obtain basic agricultural statistics on milk production and manufactured dairy products from farmers and processing plants throughout the nation. Data are gathered for milk production, dairy products, evaporated and condensed milk, manufactured dry milk, and manufactured whey products. Milk production and manufactured dairy products statistics are used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help administer federal programs and by the dairy industry in planning, pricing, and projecting supplies of milk and milk products. Only minor changes are planned for the questionnaires and sample sizes. The Milk Production Survey will continue to be conducted quarterly (January, April, July, and October) and monthly estimates for the non-quarterly months will still be published for the total number of dairy cows, the number of cows milked, and the total milk produced. Estimates for the non-survey months will be generated by using a combination of administrative data, regression modeling, and historic data. In April 2012 NASS discontinued the collection of Dairy Product Prices. This data is now collected by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) in compliance with the Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010, and the amended section 273(d) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.
Milk Production Survey:
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Milk/index.php
Dairy Products Surveys:
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Dairy_Products/index.php
Current ICR approved through June 30, 2024:
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202102-0535-001
FRN:
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-26692
